Tuesday 22 March 2022

Tuesday 22nd March 2022

Radford Meadows Stafford

Sand Martin, Great Egret, 3x Little Egret, 2x Goosander, 5x Shelduck, 100x Wigeon, 2x Chiffchaff, (RSw)

Middleton Lakes

2x LRP, 6x Redshank, Dunlin, 4x Oystercatcher, 5x Shelduck, 2x Pochard, 11x Goldeneye, Goosander, (MSm)  -  Black-tailed Godwit, (PAn)  -  3x Sand Martin and a second Black-tailed Godwit, (SPA)

Doxey Marsh

LRP on Creswell flash, (GPr)  -  10x Little Egret, (DB)

Wolstanton

Barn Owl at 02:00 at a rather unexpected location, (CBa)

Wolseley SWT

Pintail near bridge between cafe and main pool, Chiffchaff,  (JPe)

Rocester JCB

2x Pochard, 6x Barnacle Geese, 3x Oystercatcher, (JDr)

Trentham Gardens

3x Little Egret, 4x Mandarin, 2x Goosander, 8x Gadwall, Shelduck, 2x Oystercatcher, 8x Chiffchaff, (RTo)

Endon - Denford

2x Curlew in field north of the old rail line, Mandarin, 7x Chiffchaff, (DCo)

Branston GPs

15x Ruff, 16x Redshank, 2x Black-tailed Godwit, 7x Curlew, 2x Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2x Ringed Plover, 4x Oystercatcher, 32x Lapwing, 13x Goldeneye, 20x Pochard, 56x Shoveler, 32x Wigeon, 36x Gadwall, 8x Mandarin, 6x Egyptian Geese, 50x Shelduck, Great Egret, 26x Little Grebe, 3x Water Rail, Common Gull, 2x Green Woodpecker, 23x Chiffchaff, 2x Cetti's Warbler, 23x Sand Martin, (JWo, DSc)  -  Common Pipistrelle, Soprano Pipistrelle, Daubenton's Bat, Leisler's Bat, (Using an Echo Meter Touch 2 Bat Detector). 

                                                   Black-tailed Godwit by Jon Woodcock

                                                                 By Jon Woodcock

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